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last night launch of the shuttles

By mock ⋅ February 9, 2010 ⋅ One comment

an era has ended. the last of the night launches occurred with the endeavour and its sts-130 mission. if congress approves the president’s proposed budget, manned space flight will pretty much be a done deal when the shuttles retire in may. this launch was heavily attended as it is the final night launch. and the [...]

sts-130

By mock ⋅ January 20, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

just a few more shuttle missions this year, and the fleet will be retired from use.  sts-130 is the 130th shuttle mission and the 32nd mission to the international space station.  they will be delivering the tranquility node, a seven windowed module which will serve as the control room for the station’s robotic arm. target [...]

hubble on the imax

By mock ⋅ December 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

i was sitting through the previews of avatar and caught the 3-D clip of an upcoming presentation of the shuttle launch serving hubble for the final time in may of 2009. nasa shot the presentation using imax 3-D cameras. this will debut spring 2010. (http://imax.com/hubble/) this happens to be the shuttle mission which i got [...]

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